171 Quotations by Samuel Butler
- 1. A blind man knows he cannot see, and is glad to be led, though it be by a dog; but he that is blind ...
- 2. A definition is the enclosing a wilderness of idea within a wall of words.
- 3. A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened is as bad as one who does ...
- 4. A genius can never expect to have a good time anywhere, if he is a genuine article, but America is a ...
- 5. A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.
- 6. A lawyers dream of heaven; every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each tried to r ...
- 7. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but a little want of knowledge is also a dangerous thing.
- 8. A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon culture at first, not se ...
- 9. A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage -- but they are also no less invalid ...
- 10. A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of ...
- 11. A skilful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war.
- 12. A skillful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war.
- 13. A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner, but more durable alloy.
- 14. Adversity, if a man is set down to it by degrees, is more supportable with equanimity by most people ...
- 15. All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.
- 16. All philosophies, if you ride them home, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than others.
- 17. All progress is based on a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its ...
- 18. All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond it ...
- 19. An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has wri ...
- 20. An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard only one side of the case; God ha ...
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